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F. E.RING`E.

APPLICATOR.

APPLfcATloN FILED DEc.5.191a.

1 ,3 1 9, 1 l 5 Patented Oct.v 21, 1919.

FRED E. RINGE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OIE COLUMBIA.

APPLICATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 21, 1919.

Application fried December 5, 191s. serial No. 265,374.

To zZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED E. RINGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Applicators, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to surgery, and more especially to syringes; andthe object of the same is to produce an improved applicator for carryingand applying medicines for the treatment or prevention of certaindiseases.

The primary object of the invention is carried out by constructing theapplicator in the manner hereinafter more fully described and claimed,and as shown in the accompanying drawings wherein- Figurelis anelevation of the device as it appears when ready to be put into thepocket.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section with all parts assembled.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the manner of use- With all partsassembledthe device is a double container about the size and shape of afountain pen, and preferably of hard rubber or equivalent materialimpervious to liquid and acid. In the drawings the numeral 1 designateswhat we may call a knob, preferably knurled around its body, and havingplugs 2, 3 at top and bottom respectively, the upper plug carrying abrush, javelin or more likely a blade 4 shown. Over this is passed a cap5, detachably connected with the plug as by screw threads or otherwise,and the cap wholly incloses the blade and serves also as a container forviscid medicament such as salve which is accessible when the cap isremoved. At this time the blade pulls out of the salve and may |be usedfor applying it to the parts to be treated; hence I wish the broadestinterpretation put on the word blade as used herein.

Removably attached to the other plug 3, as by threads if desired, is abarrel 10 contracted and shouldered and threaded at its lower end as at11, and depending from this point is a nozzle 12-al1 preferably madeintegral. The tip of the nozzle` is closed by a removable closure suchas a plug or, as shown, a small rubber cup, 13' slipped over it; andthus the barrel and nozzle beJ come a container for liquid medicamentwhich is accessible through the nozzle when its closure is removed andair is admitted at the upper end by loosening or unse-rewling the plug3. Finally, a cap l5 incloses the nozzle and is detachably connectedwith the threads around the shoulder 11 as shown; and by preference thiscap bears against the cup or closure 13 and holds the same reliably inplace.

While this applicator may have many uses, vit is designed primarily forthe use of men immediately after having had sexual intercourse withIstrange women, and as a safeguard against disease. The barrel maycontain liquid prophylactic, such as the protargol solution used by theNavy; the smaller' container may well carry a charge of calomel ormercury ointment or similar ointment. Access to and use of the latterneeds no elaboration. To apply the liquid as an injection, hold thebarrel 10 upright, unscrew and remove the knob l, and place the lingerover the upper end. Then remove the cap 15 and finally the closure 13,apply or insert the nozzle 12, and lift the linger to admit air andpermit the charge of liquid to run out or drip out into or onto the partto be treated. The parts may then be reassembled and the whole carriedin the pocket, and a clip 16 may well be mounted on the barrel toprevent loss.

What is claimed as new is l. An instrument of the type describedcomprising a knob having oppositely projecting plugs externallythreaded, a blade projecting `from one plug, a cap inclosing the bladeand screwed onto this plug, a barrel screwed onto th'e other plug andhaving a nozzle at its remote end, and a second cap detachably mountedon the barrel for inclosing the nozzle,

2. A double applicator comprising almob l having oppositely projectingplugs, a blade projecting from one plug, a cap inclosing the blade andremovably connected with its plug, a barrel removably connected at oneend with the other plug and having a noz- 'zle at its remote end, andmeans lfor detachably closing the tip of the nozzle.

3. An applicator comprising a barrel reduced and shouldered and`externally threaded at its lower end and continued/ thence in anozzle,removable elosulis -fohe tip of the nozzle and the upper end of thcbarrel, and a cap adapted to inclose the nozzle and threaded to engagethe threads on the shoulder of the barrel.

4. In an applicator' syringe, the combination with the barrel reducedand externally threaded and continued thence in a nozzle and a closurefor the tip of the nozzle; of a cap internally threaded to engage thethreads on the barrel, the internal length of the cap being such thatwhen in place it holds the Closure in coactive relation to the nozzle.

5'. In an applicator syringe, the combination with the barrel reducedand shouldered and continued thence in a nozzle, and a closure for thetip of the nozzle; of a cap having means at its open en d for detachableengagement With said shoulder7 the lengtlrof the cap internally beingsuch as to inclose the nozzle and hold the closure thereon.

6. In a double applicator of the type described, the combination with asolid element having oppositely projecting closures, and an applicatorinstrument projecting from one of the closures; of a container inclosingsuch instrument and detachably engaging its closure, a second tubularcontainer detachably engaging the other clo sure and having a secondapplicator instrument at its remote end, and a secondv cap inclosing thelast named instrument and serving also as a closure for thatl end of thetubular container.

In testimony whereof I affix my signa` ture,

FRED E. RINGE.

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